On Thursday, March 23, 2017, Dr. Bejoy C. Thomas, a Fellow at the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment, Bengaluru, India, delivers his talk “Whose water? Challenges and complexities in wastewater reuse in peri-urban Bangalore, India.”

On Friday, April 7, 2017 Dr. Gabriel Maltais-Landry will be featured on Future of Food Global Dialogue series on the topic of “Optimizing the use of organic amendments and cover crops to maximize agronomic and environmental benefits”

On Friday, March 17, 2017, Anthony Peeples and Dr. Jill Bucklaschuk speak on worker justice & food security: Insights from Chicago’s Restaurant Opportunities Centre United and University of Guelph’s research on temporary migrant workers in Canada.

On Wednesday, March 1, 2017: University of Pretoria Professor Dr. Angela McIntyre comes to us from South Africa to present her talk “We were Healthier when it used to Rain: Participatory Food Security Research with Rural South African Communities.”

On Friday, February 17, 2017 Haverford College Professor Craig Borowiak speaks on “Postcapitalist Politics in a Divided City: Mapping Community Gardens in Philadelphia.”

The UBCFuture of FoodGlobal Dialogue Seriesis a campus-wide initiative bringing together food security and sustainability experts from across the university and North America to regularly engage the UBC community and the public around the Global Food System, including topics such as climate change, food security, biodiversity, social justice, culture, and policy. The series uses various formats to foster discussion, such as dialogue circles, seminars, panel discussions, performances, photo exhibitions, and film screenings.